Employment Law Commentary

January 08, 2024 - European Union, Reductions in force (RIFs)
Collective redundancies in Europe
By: Lara M. King, Christin Dunkel, Oliver Spratt and Hanno Timner
One of the difficult realities of running a business is that companies occasionally find themselves needing to make reductions to their staff headcount, be it because of workplace shutdowns due to economic difficulties, reorganizations, the need for synergy after acquisitions, or any number of
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June 05, 2023 - European Union
What You Need to Know About the New German Whistleblowing Act
By: Hanno Timner, Christin Dunkel and Jasmin Dajana Kuehner
The German Whistleblowing Act (the “Act”) requires all legal entities in the private sector with at least 50 “workers” to set up internal reporting channels for whistleblowers. Since the Act does not specify that this number refers to full-time equivalents (FTE), it is likely
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October 06, 2022 - European Union, Legislation
New Requirements for Employment Agreements in Europe
By: Hanno Timner, Christin Dunkel, Oliver Spratt and Lara M. King
Following the enactment of the Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions (the “ Directive ”), EU Member States have had to implement into their national laws additional information obligations on employers. The deadline for the transposition of the Directive into national law was
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October 30, 2020 - European Union, Privacy & Data Security
7 Tips for International Recruiting Programs in the Era of GDPR and Emerging U.S. Laws
By: Alja Poler De Zwart and Marian A. Waldmann Agarwal
When your organization is searching to fill a new position, you understandably want to find out as much as possible about the candidates who apply. Aside from determining whether the candidate has the specific skill set, education, and experience necessary to do the job,
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December 05, 2019 - European Union
Update: The European Whistleblowing Directive: What You Should Know
By: Annabel Gillham, Hanno Timner, Oliver Spratt and Christin Dunkel
On November 26, 2019 the Official Journal of the European Union published the European Whistleblowing Directive (“the Directive”). This means that EU member states must now implement the Directive into national law, and companies employing 250 or more workers must be in compliance with
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October 31, 2019 - European Union
The European Whistleblowing Directive: What You Should Know
By: Annabel Gillham, Hanno Timner, Oliver Spratt and Christin Dunkel
Until now, there has been no baseline regime for the protection of whistleblowers in the European Union (“EU”). Member state legislation in this area is largely fragmented and, in many cases, does not provide much (if any) protection for whistleblowers. Presently, only 10 out
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